Not that I can find. I think it'd be a fine feature request.
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Paul CrovellaAug 21 '14 at 13:49

I think abbr support might be a very useful feature as Search Engine Optimization for questions and answers. Because users sometimes search things with full name, for example Search Engine Optimization, and sometimes with abbreviation, for example SEO. Using abbr would allow engines to find the question with any form.
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TometzkyMar 11 at 13:30

I don't think this feature would make Markdown any more complicated - it's just one more allowed element with one allowed attribute. I'd say two lines to change.
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TometzkyMar 11 at 14:05

@Tometzky no single change would make Markdown much more complicated. Still a considerable number of small single changes would make it more and more complex. Each 'considerable number of small single changes' would begin and progress with simple single changes, of which even this could be an example. What are the guards? Who is to tell what addition is OK and what is not? What for? I hope additions will be avoided as much as possible, so any further TheNextSimpleMarkupLanguageYetAgain will be unnecessary. An opinion is that sites' standards should rule search engines', and not vice versa.
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naxaMar 11 at 16:16

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I recommend finding a canonical resource and linking to it instead of using just a tooltip that spells out the abbreviation. The link can contain title text that users will see when they mouse over the link.

But OTOH, just FYI and FWIW, some acronyms AAMOF would only have a "canonical" link in UD (but it would be ROFLOLMFAO-worthy to abbr this many acronyms, and probably most people ACGAF, and would mention that ASBMAETP, which AFAICT is EZ 'nuff).
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Camilo MartinAug 21 '14 at 16:54

And even with the help of [UD](urbandictionary.com), you do not get the meaning of all the acronyms @CamiloMartin uses. IGWNTFA
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Alex EssilfieAug 21 '14 at 17:34

@AlexEssilfie And another one: let's make links work even if someone forgets the http:// prefix...
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BartoszKPAug 21 '14 at 20:44

@bartoszkp: Hahaha! Pure oversight. I wonder how I missed it even though I had to edit the initial comment to insert a circular link. The fixation on the abbreviation maybe? Oh well #shrug#. To late to edit it now.
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Alex EssilfieAug 22 '14 at 1:43

@AlexEssilfie I know ;) And that's why it would be nice if it worked anyway ;)
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BartoszKPAug 22 '14 at 7:32

When I was in GitHub, I made a [PR] to fix the [API], and ...
[PR]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/269433 "Public Relations"
[API]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/269433 "Academic Performance Index"

If you care about this feature, annoying other people about it serves as a tried-and-true strategy to make other people give a sheet of paper to someone who may write down an implementation sketch.